Beretta U22 Neos Inox Beretta U22 Neos User Manual - Page 20

LOADING THE PISTOL and THE FIRING CHAMBER WARNING: Always keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. The firing chamber of the pistol is the portion of the barrel into which the cartridge is fed. The firing chamber may be loaded in one of two ways: 1. LOADING THE CHAMBER FROM MAGAZINE • Grasp the slide serrations with thumb and index fingers and retract the slide until the slide catch engages. If the empty magazine is not inserted in the pistol, manually engage the slide catch by pushing it upwards with the slide fully rearward. • Engage the manual safety, by pushing the safety lever downward so as to cover the red warning dot. (Fig. 4)) • Push the loaded magazine into the pistol completely to ensure magazine catch engagement. • Press the slide catch down to release and close the slide and to load the chamber. (Alternatively, grasp the slide serrations with thumb and index fingers and retract the slide until the slide catch disengages. Release the slide). (Fig. 8) 22